San Francisco Makes Top 5 List Of Best Cities For Job Hunters

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — It's no secret that people flock to San Francisco for jobs.

A new report has ranked the San Francisco metro area the second best in the nation for job-seekers, only topped by San Jose.

As the national unemployment rate sits at 3.6 percent, the jobs search engine Indeed listed the 25 best metros in the United States for jobs. The site ranked each metro based on four categories: job market favorability, salary, business reviews and, of course, unemployment rate. Each category was then given a score out of 100, with 100 representing the best possible score.

San Francisco received an overall score of 312. Here’s a breakdown of the scores in each category:

Job market favorability: 98
Salary: 37
Business reviews: 79
Unemployment rate: 97

San Jose earned the top score for job favorability, meaning it has the least competition for jobs than any other metro. It also has the second-best unemployment rate at 2.4 percent and the second-best company reviews — "those who do work there seem to love their jobs,” the report said.

The rest of the cities on the list were sprinkled around the country, with each region claiming at least one spot.

Here are the top 10:

1. San Jose, CA
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Boston, MA
4. Birmingham, AL
5. Nashville, TN
6. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
7. Milwaukee, WI
8. Oklahoma City, OK
9. Washington, D.C.
10. Salt Lake City, UT

The report was based on Indeed’s job search and posting data. The salary scores were adjusted for cost of living, meaning cities that ranked highest aren’t necessarily where the paychecks are the largest. Rather, they’re the places where residents get the most bang for their buck. Interesting, considering San Francisco's housing costs.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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